Making Tommy's father Merlyn the Magician has completely turned me onto the show (especially since it was predictable--they showed him fencing last week, and it was obvious Tommy was never going to make a good villain). It began with the two Huntress episodes but now I am pretty much committed to it.
So glad it has course corrected itself in the past few weeks.
Did you guys catch all the comic book and superhero references? Here are the ones I saw:
Detective Lance tells Ollie to meet him at the intersection of O'Neill Street and Adams Avenue, a clear reference to Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams, the famed Silver Age writer and artist for Green Arrow and Batman.
Merlyn the Magician's hostage video is shot almost exactly like the Joker's in The Dark Knight.
Ollie calling Diggle to come pick him up after he is wounded by Merlyn is shot almost exactly like Batman calling Alfred to come pick him up in Batman Begins after he is poisoned by Scarecrow.
The shot of Ollie leaning on the cane is almost exactly like the shot of Bruce leaning on the cane in The Dark Knight Rises.
I assume there were numerous more meta-references, did anyone else catch any other ones?